she earned on her “dates.”102 Evans bought the victim a cell phone
that he used to contact her concerning the “dates” he arranged for
her.103 Customers also contacted the girl on the same cellphone.104

Evans supplied the girl with condoms for use on the dates.105 “The
condoms were usually Lifestyle brand, which are manufactured
overseas, imported into Georgia, and then distributed throughout the
United States.”106 In February 2005, the child was diagnosed with
AIDS and hospitalized.107 Within a few days of the child’s release
from the hospital, Evans had her resume work as a prostitute, which
she continued until May 2005 when she was again hospitalized for
AIDS treatment.108

The district court held that “Evans’s conduct satisfied the ‘in
or affecting interstate or foreign commerce’ element of [Section]

1591(a)(1) and the ‘using . . . any facility or means of interstate or
foreign commerce’ element of [Section] 2422(b).”109 The district
court denied the defendant’s motion to dismiss and convicted Evans
of the charges.110 In 2006, Evans was sentenced to twenty-three years
and six months of imprisonment, followed by five years of
supervised release.111

102 Id.
103 Id.
104 Id.
105 Id.
106 Id. It is important to note the significance of the use of Lifestyle brand condoms
in this case. These condoms were provided by Evans to the victim and were
manufactured outside of the United States. Id. at 1177. Because the condoms were
used in the activities of the sex trafficking operation run by Evans, and they were
made out of the U.S., the use of these condoms supports a finding that Evans’s
activities affected interstate commerce for purposes of invoking the TVPA. Id. at